Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1892 — ELWOOD TIN-PLATE WORKS. [ARTICLE]

ELWOOD TIN-PLATE WORKS.

Thousands of People who went to Elwood last Tuesday to attend the monster Republican rally, ancT witness the manufacture of American tin, are now ready t and willing to testify to the country the facts of the case. They saw the steel pTates Tolled f rom ingots, saw them dipped in molten tin, and saw those sheets packed in boxes for shipment to various points throughout the United States. And from the magnificent talk delivered by Gov. McKinley they learned that to the Republican Party’s policy of protection they owe’this great industry. The Elwood tin works is a reality, not a political myth. The buildings themselves testify to the permanency and solidity of the institution, which is capitalized for over $300,000. It is built of,iron, steel and brick, and is slate-roofed. The rolling mill proper, an iron and steel structure, fireproof, is 175x75 feet in size. The machinery is propelled by an 800-horse , power engine, and the rolling machines are of the latest improved pattern and design. The cold-roll mill building is 150x60, of brick, and has now four pair of rolls. The power is furnished by a 600 horse power engine. The rolling mill runs day and night and the other departments only in the day time. The lining house, the last of the three principal buildings, is 182x50 feet. Five lining stocks are in operation, which will soon be doubled.. The pay roll for last week exceeds 385. Of this number nearly 200 are men, nearly all skilled workmen. Inside of 200 days the force will be doubled, and the output, nearly 1,200 boxes, or more than 130,000 pounds a week, will also be doubled. Two sizes of tin-plate are made—l4x2o and 20x28. The steel billets or ingots come from Pittsburgh. The bar is six to seven inches wide, from threefourths to seven-eights of an inch thick and from 14 to 15 inches long. The lead comes from Galena, 111. The block tin is shipped from the East Indies. There is no duty on this, and the palm oil comes from Africa. A car-load of sulphuric acid is used every week The tin weighs 108 pounds to the box and costs 25 cents less than the imported article. Both of the McKinley Bills did some forcible talking at the great rally in Elwood, last Tuesday.— Goodland Herald.